Senior Polymers Research Scientist
2 days ago
Kelly Science has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Polymers Scientist to join our team in Carlisle, PA. As a key member of our research and development team, you will be responsible for leading research activities on new and existing products, identifying and implementing new technologies within the TPO business group.
Key Responsibilities:- Lead multiple Innovation and New Product Development projects critical to grow the TPO roofing business.
- Develop and manage the technical schedule for projects from ideation through scale up to launch, including key tactical items for other functional areas.
- Utilize advanced material characterization techniques to establish structure property relationships of polymer materials.
- Advance single ply TPO technologies to develop new products, reduce total system costs, improve performance, and establish sustained competitive advantages.
- Collaborate with sales, marketing, manufacturing, purchasing, warranty departments and staff on defined project priorities, project scope and future development directions.
- Publish technical reports and conduct technical presentations.
- Champion safe work practices and positively contribute to company's safety culture.
- A PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering, Chemistry, or Material Science and Engineering, preferred, BS or MS with additional industry experience.
- 5+ years of experience in the development of TPO or Polyolefin OR flexible PVC products and their associated processing technologies such as mixing, extrusion and calendaring.
- Leverage a combination of external literature, internal technical know-how, and laboratory experimentation to identify viable technologies for next generation of TPO single ply membrane.
- Drive innovation, identify and employ the latest techniques to achieve project goals (analytical and screening techniques, DOE, etc.).
- Experience in the development of plastic products and their associated processing technologies such as extrusion and calendaring are a plus.
- Theoretical and practical knowledge of the physical, chemical, and mechanical behavior of the thermoplastic polymers.
- Knowledge to analyze data, understand structure property relationships of polymers and conduct relative testing and evaluations.
- Must have 3+ years of experiences in material analysis of polymeric materials with DSC, TGA, DMA, and TMA.
- Experiences in chemical analysis with HPLC, GPC, GC-MS, FTIR, and NMR will be preferred.
- Training or experience on the design of experiments, especially as applied to development of chemical formulations.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as mentoring a small team of engineers/scientists.
- Project management skills in a cross functional environment.
- Strong desire to learn and courage to push the boundaries of what is possible.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
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